TopBand: MT report

[Garry & Yelena]

W7lr@aol.com wrote:
> 
> Good signals from VK this morning. Tried to hook up VK6VZ with Wyoming but at
> N7NG the power was out, and at NE9Z/7 the phone was out (and packet link from
> here to Wyoming was out too).  Heard UN5J with the best signal yet, but he
> peaked for only 5 minutes so still no qso.  Later in the season I hear UA0
> and YB well, but though they are on now (early Sept) I dont hear them yet.  A
> big aid in receiving in the morning is using a big horizontal dipole, 300'
> long center fed.  Not matched for tx but often allows reception when the 90'
> vertical (for tx) doesnt.  In the evening special rx antennas dont seem to
> help - but at this time of year too much static to hear anything but W1 in
> the evenings.  Back to the coffee pot.  73 Bob W7LR
> 
I heard the YB the other morning, but he apparently does not stay around
through the whole west coast sunrise. All I heard this morning were loud
JA's--no VK's or anything else.
-- 
Garry Shapiro, NI6T
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http://www.ncdxc.org

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